I had a great chat with a friend of mine, a middle-aged gay man who left Seattle after the 2020 riots made the city he called home for thirty years “unlivable.”
He’s traditionally voted Democrat but asks me for my opinions sometimes. We were talking about taxes and he shared “I wish they’d tax the rich and spend it on social programs instead of war.”
I asked him “what percentage of federal income tax comes from the top 1%?”
“I don’t know. Maybe 10%,” he said.
I told him it was 40%, and that the 1% paid more than the bottom 90% of taxpayers combined. He was shocked. And we both agreed the tax code should be simple and transparent.
And then I asked him what portion of the federal budget is spent on war versus social programs and welfare.
“50% for the Pentagon and 10% for welfare programs.”
I told him it was basically reversed and that social entitlements and welfare spending was actually more than 60%.
Again, he was shocked.
The resentment and envy machine that drives the political left’s slogans thrives on people simply not knowing.
I think I let Twitter roll for over 6 years before I finally made an account. I didn’t want to even then but as a Technology Leader I had to get on board finally. Do you remember when you joined X?
12 years in now. I post rarely.
@MatthewDoyle4@megynkelly Yeah. When they veer right to leave the construction zone and load back up you would hope people wouldn’t follow it. Seems some can’t make that kind of decision without instructions.
@POTUS History has been watching your presidency for the past three years! It’s sick that you use Navalny’s death to attack on the Ukraine funding. Your presidency will go down in “history” as the worst. What you’ve done to the United States is treasonous.
@NCAAVolleyball@B1GVolleyball@harpermurray4@HuskerVB The Big 10 commentator (male) is so biased its almost sickening! I love volleyball but can't stand it when an announcer is so biased you have to mute the TV to enjoy a game.
@TheView I cannot believer the statement "that was just sex" by Joy. She is so biased its unreal. So our leader can do immoral things, as long as his name is not Trump?